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dc.contributor.author | Oosthuysen, Wilhelm Frederick | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2008-06-03T13:01:03Z | |
dc.date.available | 2008-06-03T13:01:03Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2008-06-03T13:01:03Z | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10539/4919 | |
dc.description.abstract | ABSTRACT Few antibiotics are left that are effective against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and even strains resistant to these agents have been isolated. Previous studies have identified five distinct MRSA clonotypes, which are present globally. No comprehensive national study has previously been undertaken to investigate the MRSA types in South Africa, and this study was aimed at elucidating the genotypic population structure of South African MRSA isolates. SmaI digested genomic DNA, separated by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, was used to characterise 349 S. aureus isolates, obtained from various state and private diagnostic laboratories. PFGE results were complemented with those of spa typing and staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) typing results. Two-hundred-and-five different PFGE patterns were identified, which were grouped into twenty-four clusters. Three were major lineages, containing more than 20% of the isolates with a similarity cut-off of 70%. Only thirty-seven spa types were identified (fourteen novel spa types), which clustered into six spa-Clonal Complexes after BURP analysis. SCCmec types I-IV were identified, including variants of each type. Data suggest that the Archaic clone (RSA05), oldest of the epidemic clones, represents one of the major clones in South Africa. Strains that were part of this complex (n=98 (28.2%); t064; SCCmec type I-pls) clustered together with strain E2125/ATCC BAA-38 (t051; SCCmec type I). Another major complex, RSA16 (n=90 (25.7%); t012; SCCmec type II/IIB) possessed a single-locus variant (SLV) spa type and the same or a SLV SCCmec types as EMRSA-16 (t018; SCCmec type II). The third major complex, RSA03 (n=74 (21.2%); t037; SCCmec type III/IIIE), had similar spa and SCCmec types to control strainANS46 (t037; SCCmec type III). One MRSA and twelve MSSA isolates were also identified as carrying genes for the toxin Panton-Valentine leukocidin, which was confirmed by DNA nucleotide sequencing. | en |
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dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.subject | methicillin-resistant | en |
dc.subject | pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) | en |
dc.subject | spaA typing | en |
dc.subject | staphylococcal chromosome cassette mec (SCCmec) | en |
dc.subject | Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) | en |
dc.title | Molecular characterisation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from South Africa | en |
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Darwin, C. R. to Lyell, M. E.
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Thanks Mrs Lyell for barnacle specimens.
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Mentions Agassiz's classification of saurians.
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Discusses letter from Chambers on "roads" in Scottish glens; views of Agassiz and Buckland on the glens.
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Is reading Hugh Miller [First impressions of England and its people (1847)].
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My dear M
I am much obliged for the Barnacles; the one marked Bergen is
the right one; but it seems I must give it "locality unknown": I do
not think anyone could have called it a Conia. You shall have your specimens back, but
having now passed your new shell, I sh
Thank Lyell for his note,—what an awful joke it would have been if we had all subscribed for a horrid calf's head! It will be grievous if the Coal Saurian turns out a fish; I will hope still that Agassiz's positive assertions may be disproved by bones, as well as footsteps.—
I enclose a letter from Chambers which has pleased me very much, (which please return) but I cannot feel quite so sure as he does: if the Lochaber & Tweed roads really turn out exactly on a level, the sea-theory is proved; (what a magnificent proof of equability of elevation, which does not surprise me much.) but I fear I see cause of doubt, for as far as I remember, there are numerous terraces near Galashiels, with small intervals of height, so that the coincidence of height might be cooked. Chambers does not seem aware of one very striking coincidence, viz that I made by careful measurement my Kilfinnin terrace 1202 above sea & now Glengluoy is 1203 according to the recent more careful measurements: even Agassiz would be puzzled to block up Glengluy & Kilfinnin by the same glacier & then moreover the lake would have two outlets. With respect to the middle terrace of Glen Roy, seen by Chambers in the Spean (figured by Agassiz, & seen by myself, but not noticed, as I thought it might have been a sheep-track) it might yet have been formed on the ice-lake theory, by two independent glaciers going across the Spean, but it is very improbable that two such immense ones should not have been united into one.— Chambers unfortunately does not seem to have visited the head of the Spey, & I have written to propose joining funds & sending some young surveyor there. If my letter is published in the Scotsman, how Buckland, as I have foreseen, will crow over me he will tell me, he always knew that I was wrong, but now I shall have rather ridiculously to say but "I am all right again".—
I have been a good deal interested in Miller, but I find it not quick reading & Emma has hardly begun it yet; I rather wish the scenic descriptions were shorter, & that there was a little less geologic eloquence.
With thanks, believe me, dear M
Lyell's picture now hangs over my chimney piece & uncommonly glad I am to have it. & thank you for it.—
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The cover is addressed to 'C. Lyell Esqr e.' - +
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Mary Lyell was an accomplished conchologist who did much of her collecting on travels with her husband. Charles Lyell, and probably Mary also, had been visiting CD at Down (see letter to J. D. Hooker, [5 October 1847]). - +
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A fossil reptile had recently been discovered in the Saarbr'{u}cken coalfields, where previously only fossil fish had been found (see Horner 1848). The crucial issue was whether or not reptiles were present in formations older than the Red Sandstone. Georg August Goldfuss, to whom the remains were given for study, verified that the bones were indeed those of a crocodile in strata from the Carboniferous period (Goldfuss 1847). - +
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Louis Agassiz believed in a progressive, non-evolutionary, appearance of organic beings on earth over time. In his view only invertebrates and fish had appeared before the Secondary period (see Agassiz 1842a, 1844, and 1846). For the opposing views of Agassiz and Lyell on progression, see Bowler 1976, pp. 47–53, 67–88. - +
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Lyell had discovered fossil footprints, which Richard Owen later identified as reptilian, in the Nova Scotia coal formation (see C. Lyell 1843, p. 185). This was the first evidence of the presence of reptiles in the Carboniferous formations. On his second trip to North America, Lyell verified an earlier discovery of footprints of a reptilian quadruped in the coalfields of Pennsylvania (C. Lyell 1846). - +
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See 'Observations on the parallel roads of Glen Roy', Collected papers 1: 95. - +
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CD considered the apparent existence of a shelf at the head of the Spey important. If this was a true shelf, according to CD, 'there must have been a blockage at both ends of Glen Roy, which on any lake theory, seems improbable' (letter to the Scotsman, [after 20 September 1847]). - +
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William Buckland was a proponent of the glacier-lake theory. CD, apparently reassured by what Chambers had to say in the missing letter, seems to have regretted giving as much credence to that theory as he had in his letter to the Scotsman. See letter to Charles Lyell, [11 October 1847], in which CD informs Lyell that he has asked that the letter be destroyed, though he gives no specific reason. - +
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Hugh Miller. CD recorded that he finished Miller 1847 on 6 October 1847 (DAR 119; Correspondence vol. 4, Appendix IV). - +
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Washington DC - -(Ammoland.com)- The ultimate difference between human rights and natural rights is found in their origins: human rights flow from governments but natural rights flow from our Creator.
This means human rights are in flux while natural rights are fixed. And because of their different origins, human rights can be in conflict with natural rights.
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A leading scholar in reading and reading assessment, an
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newest deans at Berkeley.
David Pearson, a reading expert at Michigan State University, took the
reins of the Graduate School of Education on July 1. He succeeded Eugene
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Dennis Levi, a University of Houston vision scientist, began his term
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"It is good to be coming back to what is arguably America's most intellectually and culturally diverse and interesting public university," said Pearson. Pearson started out his career as a fifth grade teacher in the Central San Joaquin Valley town of Porterville in the mid-1960s. He has held the John Hannah Distinguished Professorship of Education at Michigan State's College of Education, along with appointments in teacher education and educational psychology. Pearson, who earned his B.A. in history at Berkeley in 1963, earned his Ph.D. in education from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis in 1969. He became a faculty member at the University of Minnesota in 1969 and was appointed professor at the University of Illinois in 1979. He served as dean at the University of Illinois from 1989 to 1995. School of Optometry
"We are pleased to have an individual whose status in optometry and vision research is well recognized internationally," said Adams, the current optometry dean. He added that Levi's thoughtful approach and ability to listen to others will allow him to work well with the physical and biological scientists on campus who are involved with the Health Sciences Initiative. The initiative encourages interactions among disciplines — from physics to psychology — to stimulate new developments for today's major health problems. "This is a great opportunity to expand our work with other disciplines on campus to advance clinical research in optometry," said Adams. The School of Optometry spans the distance from molecular research to the use of new techniques in clinical work, a range that Levi said he expects to use to good advantage in bringing to bear on eye research Berkeley's rich resources in the physical and biological sciences. "Berkeley has incredibly good people in the molecular and genetic basis of the eye and vision. At the same time, we have a very strong clinical program and can move from molecule to patient. I will encourage cooperation between the talented people in so many departments at Berkeley that could have ties with optometry," said Levi. Born in South Africa, Levi came to the United States in 1970 to do eye research and teach at the University of Houston, rising from assistant professor to the Cullen Distinguished Professor of Optometry. Physical Sciences Richards has been a member of the faculty since 1989, except for a brief hiatus in 1993-94 at the University of Washington. He currently is on sabbatical at Johns Hopkins University. "I'm delighted that Mark took the job," said Price, the current dean. "One of his strengths is that he comes into the job aware of the need to raise funds to rebuild many of the facilities housing the physical sciences. A new physical sciences building is still a dream, but we need a dean like Mark who is interested in aggressively raising money to make it possible." Richards, a native of Texas, obtained a B.S. in engineering science from the University of Texas, Austin, in 1977, then moved to Caltech, from which he graduated in 1986 with a Ph.D. in geophysics. He joined the University of Oregon faculty in 1987 and came to Berkeley in 1989. After leaving briefly in 1993 for the University of Washington, Seattle, he returned as a full professor of geophysics in 1994. He served as chair of the Department of Geology & Geophysics, now the Department of Earth & Planetary Science, from 1997 until 1999. |
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Just a short one-shot I wrote up just a few moments ago. Something I've always loved about Team Galactic's story is that the entire organization doesn't simply disappear, and instead, Saturn takes over as leader after the Spear Pillar event, after having displayed disloyal tendencies during the main story. He stands out to me, being one of the very few NPCs in all of the Pokémon franchise to be given such personality, aside from the Rival, the Boss, and occasionally the Champion and a few Gym Leaders. So please, read, enjoy, and I'd very much appreciate if you left a post giving feedback! I can only improve if I know what I'm doing wrong, after all!
Today, Cyrus called a surprise meeting at the Veilstone HQ. He informed us that from now on, we, including us Galactic Administrators, would address him as "Master Cyrus". Mars and Jupiter seemed to hold no reservations, but I... I fear this may indicate Cyrus's megalomania more strongly than any of his past actions. As usual, the old man, Charon, stood in a far corner, away from the center of attention, at first sulking but later applauding as loyally as any of the grunts. I don't see why Cyrus holds so much faith in him- he's obviously putting up a facade, and a weak one at that.
Afterwards, Cyrus called Mars, Jupiter, Charon, and I to his personal office. As usual, the scientists worked hurriedly, almost fearfully, at their depressing computer consoles in the darkness, monitoring something suspended in tanks full of glowing fluorescent green liquid. They never stopped, or even looked at us. One or two glanced at us tentatively for a split-second, and immediately returned their attention to whatever work Cyrus had assigned them to. Even we Commanders do not know what this is.
Once out of earshot, Cyrus found his Luxray outside of its Poké Ball, and promptly beat the Pokémon before returning it. He turned to us and began to ramble about how "incomplete" the world is, and how emotion is "ruining the universe". Nothing we haven't heard before.
However, something he said after ending his rant caught my attention. I quote, "My new world is fast approaching. You will all be rewarded for your efforts." We'd heard the "new world" speech before, but never was it his new world. Never before. What could this mean? I am intrigued by this new world he intends to create, but if it belongs solely to him, what of us? What of the grunts? What of the Pokémon of this world? Before today, it had always been our new world, never his.
Perhaps the boy is right. Luke, I believe his name was, or perhaps some variation thereof. Perhaps we are going about this all wrong. Seeing Cyrus beat his own Pokémon- one he'd possessed since his childhood- so senselessly and mercilessly makes me think that maybe, just maybe, we've been wrong all along. I believe Cyrus fears, somewhere deep in his mind, that this boy will follow in the footsteps of the other prodigies: the young trainer from the Kanto region, who defeated the leader of Team Rocket, the young boy from the Johto Region, who defeated Team Rocket's own Commanders, or whatever they call them, and the boy from the Hoenn region who defeated both Team Aqua and Magma. Oh, perish the thought, my leader. We've been preparing for far too long for our plans to simply fall through. You've proven yourself a worthy leader far too many times to just lose the loyalty of myself and the others.
Some part of me is so dedicated to see this new world, this new, flawless world, into existence, and will not stand by as a mere child dashes these dreams. Some part of me wants to see this world Cyrus is so intent on unleashing. But at what cost? At what cost?
And, perhaps, far away in the back of my mind, another, infinitesimally small part of my being wishes desperately that this boy will succeed.


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On a recent afternoon at an estate sale outside Los Angeles, Lauren White found about 40 photos of the Rolling Stones taken during their American tour of 1965 — completely unclaimed in an unmarked box.
They're now on display in an L.A. exhibit, but no one has come forth as the photographer. My guess: Maybe Bob Bonis, an early U.S. tour manager, who recently released a book of photos including scenes from the same pool.
White, though, has her own theory: "My female intuition says that it was a girl. If you look at the photos, they look very vulnerable. They're so sweet," she says. "I don't think that a guy could evoke that kind of expression."
Considering the number of Brian Jones photos (see slide 13), perhaps an early girlfriend? White has done some research, but, she says, no one seems to care as much as she does. It's not like there's any shortage of photos of the Rolling Stones out there, after all.
"It's not, like, the craziest thing," she admits. "I guess it's the fact that I found them ... and that they hadn't been seen by anyone. You can't find them anywhere, and they're so beautiful."
White, who is also a musician, says she likes seeing the Stones in their early 20s on the cusp of fame. The photos are especially poignant in light of the band's recent announcement: They will be performing again this year to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their first gig.
"I think it's kind of cool to see a band that you think of as these untouchable legends just hanging out," says White. "They're kids. They don't really know their future."
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"Double double toil and trouble"? The only "double" these witches are doing is "double-crossing"! That's the name of the game last night as a psychic arrives in Chance Harbour to finish the work the witch hunters started 16-years-ago the night The Circle's parents died.
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Michael's dead. Rebekah and two more brothers are daggered. Elijah's back with a vengeance. So what could be in the last coffin that would make uber-powerful Klaus shiver in his super-chic designer shoes?
Let's just say that whatever it is, it managed to knock out two powerful Bennett witches and tear through town right to Klaus' mansion.
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Bonnie (to Damon and Elena): What's going on with you two?
Damon: We kissed. Now it's weird.
And that's only the beginning of the awesomeness in last week's episode. Elena and Stefan have some words, someone gets punched, Tyler transforms and Bonnie meets her maker. Whatever this episode lacked in action, it made up for in drama!
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Nate Archibald. Chuck Bass. Lord Marcus Beaton. Jack Bass. Dan Humphrey. The love-list of the Upper East Side's Queen Bee could go on, but on Monday night @ 8PM ET exclusively on MuchMusic, that list will come to an end with the wedding of Blair Waldorf and Prince Louis Grimaldi of Monaco.
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Sunday might have been Pearl Harbor Day, but tour guides at the Maplewood Home were more focused on the latest news: President William McKinley had just been re-elected.
Visitors to the home were taken back to the year 1900, courtesy of the Boone County Historical Society and Columbia's Parks and Recreation Department. The holiday tour-with-a-twist included actors in period costumes portraying real figures from the era.
A volunteer dressed as Slater Lenoir, who built the house in 1877, greeted crowds at the door. Visitors were led through the house and encouraged to ask questions about the house and its occupants.
"By being able to ask questions, it feels more like a visit," said Deborah Slade Thompson, executive director of the historical society. "It's not a stage; it's a home. We want people to see it as a family home."
That atmosphere was evident, with poinsettias, garlands and holiday decorations lining the halls. The rooms had a cozy feel, and the hosts were warm and gracious in welcoming their guests.
Ryan and Kimberly Kenney, who are married in real life, played newlyweds Dr. Frank G. and Lavinia Lenoir Nifong.
"I'm very interested in history," Ryan Kenney said. "It's fun to bring it back to life, and it gives us an opportunity to give back to the community. It's the best way to learn about history."
Kenney and his wife were happy to speak about the home's furnishings, almost all of which are from the era.
"Most of the materials belong here," said Bill Crawford, past president of the historical society. Crawford greeted guests in the parlor at the end of the tour and gave the history of the house. When it was built, it was considered a country home. Today, it sits next to U.S. 63 and is owned by the city, which reopened it to the public in 1976 after extensive restoration.
Renee Ortmann toured the house with her whole family, including her three young children.
"I thought the kids might like it," she said. "I thought they might think it was neat, with the old dolls and old stoves."
More than 100 people signed up for the tour, but the flu and other winter bugs forced several parties to cancel. One Girl Scout troop that had signed on for two tour slots had only enough girls to fill one.
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Has it been a year already!? Just twelve months ago we celebrated Gay History Month – and, like clockwork, it's that time again! For our first installment of this month-long look back, let's shine some light on poet Countee Cullen.
Though no one seems to know for sure where the secretive Cullen came to be, we do know his mama birthed him in 1903 and named him Countee LeRoy Porter. That same mama ended up abandoning him, leaving Cullen's grandmother to raise him.
The young Cullen attended high school here in New York, where he also met up with some other bold-faced names, like W.E.B. DuBois. DuBois helped the NYU graduate get his start in the poetry business by publishing Cullen's words in The Crisis, DuBois' seminal black magazine. From there, Cullen began circulating his work to Harper's, Century and the National Urban League's Opportunity. Cullen also published a number of collections, such as The Ballad of the Brown Girl and The Medea and Some Other Poems.
A key figure in the Harlem Renaissance, Cullen later moved to Boston, where he received his Master's from Harvard. His New York roots pulled him back to the Empire State, however, and in 1928 Cullen married DuBois' granddaughter, Nina. That marriage didn't last long, though, because Cullen took up with his best man and high-tailed it to Europe. He and Nina divorced two years later.
Despite acknowledging his homosexuality, Cullen married another woman, Ida Mae Roberson, in 1940. Even after this marriage, homoeroticism continued to dot his poetry. Though not explicitly gay, a number of Cullen's collections deal with same-sex desire, which he often tinged with miscegenation. James Smethurst explains:
One of the most interesting aspects of many of these openly homoerotic poems is the linking of explicit homoeroticism with a miscegenation of black and white. Perhaps Cullen's purpose in making the couples inter-racial was to heighten a sense of transgressive sex that also obscured something of the nature of the real social transgression by figuring sexuality within a racial discourse. These conflicted relationships are filled with anguish, bitterness and disappointment and much of the sexual conflict is displaced into racial conflict, but not to the extent that the homoerotic content of the poem becomes completely obscured. (Though perhaps it is obscured enough to evade the attention of those readers who for various reasons would prefer not to find it.)
On the next page you'll find one of Cullen's most homoerotic poems, "Tableau". We've also included two other pieces, "Incident" and "Brown Girl Dead," which we find absolutely heartbreaking.
Countee Cullen! Good job, QT–nice to shed light on a fascinating poet from a fascinating era.
Maybe I'm lucky that I had an urbane and historically aware mother from Western New York. If I had had only my father to rely on, I'd never have learned even the least bit concerning the Harlem Renaissance. The curse of growing up black in the American south.
This is an awesome post because I'm often at the Countee Cullen library branch in Harlem but I never knew he was gay. And I had forgotten he wrote that very haunting "That's all that I remember" poem which I have never forgotten since I read it in school.


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Congratulations to the Class of 2013! Emory University held its 168th Commencement on May 13. Former U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winner Rita Dove delivered the keynote address to more than 4,100 graduates at the central ceremony.
Among the honors presented, Katie Dickerson received the Brittain Award, Emory's highest student honor. Eddie Garcia received the McMullan Award, which recognizes extraordinary promise for leadership and service. And faculty member Nadine Kaslow received the Thomas Jefferson Award for significant service to the university.
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As students flood into the Valley of the Sun for their fall semester at ASU and other schools around town, there are a few things they should know. Chow Bella's already given the lowdown on where and what to eat around the downtown and Tempe campuses. Now, Jackalope Ranch presents Shopping 101 for the main campus set.
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Meat Market Vintage
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Recently reopened after a summer hiatus, Meat Market Vintage on Mill Avenue specializes in cheeky duds, colorful finds, and threads with a sense of humor and an even stronger sense of style. Owner Ben Funke spent July in Japan hunting down new, funky finds for the shop, like a white T printed with a whacked-out three-eyed, one-legged Mickey Mouse and a misprinted basketball beauty of a top that reads "Chicago Beefs" instead of "Chicago Bulls." Of course, more serious fare rounds out the Tempe shop's selection, which includes boho-tastic festival wear, baseball caps, and carryalls.
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Ain't no shame in letting your nerd flag fly, and Ash Avenue Comics is the place to do it. Stockpile your favorites from Marvel, DC, and a well-curated selection of indie publishers, browse the latest graphic novels, and chat up owner Drew Sullivan about your latest hip-hop obsessions, if you're so inclined.
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Eee-gads! I've had very few posts recently! It's not that I don't have anything to talk about or show you because I do, I've just been SOOOOO busy lately I haven't had the time to really blog. Hopefully this week I'll get to show off a quilt and what will be a pillow. I also just started a new job so I have orientation all this week. Good thing is I only have to work 3 days a week and that's FULL time! Must have time for quilting!
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So I am bored and trying to come up with a good question to ask. This may be a lame question but it is something I have always liked to look at. I have always wanted to have some items like hand made bows, arrows, knives, spears and such to hang in my man cave. Are items like these available for purchase in the RSA, and if so any problems with getting them home. I have some American Indian items like arrow heads and stone club heads from around my Dads place in Kentucky and from Missouri and think it would be neat to get some items from Africa. I am not talking museum pieces, just what some poor little guy in the bush would use if he did not have access to a firearm.
Good thread,mate My wife ask this at xmas time If we stumble across any , she will be hell bent on getting them home A shield would be cool ,too
A good friend of mine, whose collection of African animals and weapons I've always admired, said he brings things home without any issues and if he's trying to get something home that is too large he has had it shipped with his animals. Not sure if sending items with the animals is an easy issue or not, but I've seen some great taxidermy incorporating shields, etc. and hoping to try something similar.
+1 Here is a good thread on http://www.africahunting.com/before-after-hunt/7190-bringing-back-souvenirs-us-customs.html.
I searched out Authentic items. It is hard work. It continues to be hard work. Zulu Assegais, Knobkerrie's, etc San , Bows, Arrows, digging sticks, etc. Tourist trinkets from along the road are easy to find. Bringing it home: Make sure you know what "it" is made of. Wood, Raw Hide, Bone, Elephant hair, turtle, etc. etc. Can be big issues, confiscations, fines. I brought my items into Canada as ART. I had no issues. Spears, arrows, etc. Not even an eyebrow. One container with me as extra baggage. Some items in my trophy crate.
I've brought back to Las Vegas a bow, arrows, spear and club. No one batted an eye. However, when I brought my S&W 500 through Atlanta from Zimbabwe, the dolt at Customs wanted to check the serial number (inside the crane) and couldn't for the life of him figure out how to open the cylinder. I pointed and started to show him "Don't touch the gun!" So, we got to play games for 15 minutes. As I had three hour layover, I decided just to stand back and watch. This Dolt had a sidearm, but semi auto. Well trained, eh what?
I've had good luck bringing back such items from Africa. Knives, mostly - I like to go to street vendors who are selling their own stuff rather than African versions of big box stores. Often, knives are not displayed, but just ask, and guys will be showing you their crude but well made wares, often with hand carved wooden sheaths. I buy the mostly for young hunters back in the US as souvenirs. Mostly the blades are made from truck parts. I recently brought back a few handmade axes w/ironwood handles from Moz. w/ no problems. I'm having some confiscated gin traps ( ie: handmade legholds) shipped back w/ my skins/ skulls. The importer was at first unsure of the legality, but when I sent proof that such traps are sold " over the countere" here in PA, she said, no worries, mate!
I brought a few pieces back from Kenya to the U.K. without any issues. Three small shields, four short spears and a six foot spear that broke down. Nothing ancient or unusual, typical tourist pieces bought or swapped with the Maasi after a traditional dance at our hotel. Mind you, that was back in 1998 and things have changed now......
I've just flown out of the RSA yesterday with [amongst other things....] a 7' sheath knife and a 'ketty' with pepper-spray balls in my sealed luggage, with a very good and beautifully made traditional 'knop kiere' and 1/4 sized Zulu shield bought on the Johannesburg airport as hand luggage without any problem. There are many many different tanned hides etc., painted ostrich eggs on warthog tusk stands, tusk or horn key holders and walking sticks, various horn ornaments etc for sale on the airport itself--some of them of a very high quality! [At least 4 different shops selling these items were visited on the airport] There shouldn't be any problem as long as it is in your bag in the hold down below. [Just to be save,'glad wrap' all your bags before putting it on the airplane.] It is nice to have these traditional or primitive African goodies around at home! By all means, buy it 'outside' as well and secure it in your big suit case. :bighello:
I had three ostrich eggs that I purchased at JO airport confiscated by U.S. Customs. It infuriated me to no end because they were empty art pieces.....not something I picked up fresh off a farm to bring back. Yet....I could turn around and BUY the same eggs from some company out of England and have them delivered here in the states no problem. Such is the wacked out U.S. government. One happy news though....they didn't get the porcupine quills and the guinea fowl feathers I saved from the hunts that I had tightly wrapped and put in my check-in luggage. Bwahahahaha. LOL I agree with Brickburn....know what the items are made of and check with Customs.
Thanks for the thread and the informative responses. Bringing back souvenirs will be part of the experience for me and my girlfriend on our first safari.


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The objectives of this study were to (1) characterize tree-based spatial patterning of soil properties and understory vegetation in frequently burned ("reference state") and fire-suppressed longleaf pine forests; and (2) determine how restoration treatments affected patterning. To attain these objectives, we used an experimental manipulation of management types implemented 15 years ago in Florida. We randomly located six mature longleaf pine trees in one reference and four restoration treatments (
Individual trees in woodland and forest ecosystem can create chemical and physical gradients that affect the spatial patterning of soil properties [
Southeastern longleaf pine woodlands are one of the most endangered ecosystems in the United States due to decreased fire frequency and conversion of woodlands to agroforestry and agriculture [
Active management to restore the native community structure of longleaf pine woodlands has been underway in parts of the Southeast and often consists of hardwood removal by mechanical or chemical treatments and/or the re-introduction of frequent fire [
In this study, we characterized the spatial variability of soil biogeochemistry and understory vegetation in relation to individual longleaf pine trees in reference stands and a 15 year-old experimental manipulation of restoration treatments on Eglin Air Force Base (EAFB), Florida, USA. In 1994, the Longleaf Pine Restoration Project (LPRP) was established in fire-suppressed longleaf pine sandhills on base lands to explore the effects of restoration treatments on community composition and soil processes [
Our study was conducted in longleaf pine forests at EAFB (30°29'00" N; 86°31'52" W), which is located on the panhandle of Florida, USA. This area was previously managed as the Choctawhatchee National Forest and was transferred to the Air Force in 1940. Soils of the study sites were typic Quartzipsamments of the Lakeland series with mean depth to water table of 200 cm [
Five treatment blocks were established in 1994. Each block was composed of four 900 m × 900 m plots with each plot representing one hardwood removal treatment (burn, mechanical, herbicide, and control). Six reference plots were also established in the site area. Reference plots were chosen based on "expert opinion" for the desired state for the natural ecosystem [
In August 2009, due to time and military mission constraints, we selected only one block of restoration treatments (consisting of four plots, one for each four restoration treatments) and one block for the reference (consisting of two plots), and we randomly located six mature longleaf trees in each plot (
In July 2011, we revisited the plots and the same 36 longleaf pine trees for a survey of the groundcover vegetation. Four 1 m line transects were placed perpendicular to each of the same three directions (
Soils were homogenized by passing through a < 2 mm sieve and roots, twigs, and green vegetation were removed by hand. From each soil sample, a sub-sample was used to determine gravimetric moisture content, total soil C and N, initial inorganic nitrogen (NO3−-N and NH4+-N), and initial basal respiration. Soil basal respiration and inorganic nitrogen (NO3−-N and NH4+-N) were also measured after a 6-week aerobic laboratory incubation at field moisture and 25 °C. Soil samples were adjusted with additional water during the incubation to maintain field moisture.
Total soil C and N were measured on subsamples of initial soil cores using a Costech ECS 4010 Elemental Analyzer (Costech Analytical Technologies, Inc., Valencia, CA, USA) and calculated on a dry soil mass (%) and volume basis (e.g., g m−2).
To determine basal respiration, we placed one specimen cup filled with approx. 30 g fresh weight soil into one 1 L Mason jar. We measured CO2 production from the samples by sealing the Mason jars and measuring CO2 accumulation in the headspace over a 96-h period. Air samples (10 mL) were taken from the jar headspace at time 0 and at 96 h by syringe through a septum in the Mason jar lid, and injected into a Li-Cor 6252 CO2 analyzer fitted with a calibrated injection port (Li-Cor, Nebraska, USA). Carbon flux rate was determined at the beginning of the incubation, after one week and after six weeks. Carbon dioxide production was expressed as μg C gdw−1 h−1.
To determine N mineralization, soil samples were analyzed for initial and final pools of inorganic N (NO3−-N and NH4+-N) by extracting approximately 10 g of field moist soil with 50 mL of 2.0 M KCL [
To determine linearity between soil and vegetation characteristics and distance, we first fit regression lines separately for each treatment. To compare the regression lines, we used ANCOVA, with treatment as the categorical variable and distance as the continuous variable [
In the herbicide plot, soil bulk density was positively related to distance (
Summary analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) for the effect of restoration treatments (df = 4) and distance (df = 1) from the trunk and interaction (df = 4) between treatment and distance on soil and vegetation characteristics for 36 longleaf pine (
Responses variables | Distance | Treatment | D × T | |||||
Soil characteristics | Bulk Density (g cm−3) | 5.7 | 0.019 | 2.7 | 0.034 | 1.2 | 0.285 | |
Moisture Content (%) | 0.8 | 0.387 | 1.1 | 0.379 | 0.1 | 0.988 | ||
CN ratio | 5.2 | 0.0244 | 3.3 | 0.014 | 0.8 | 0.545 | ||
C pool (g m−2) | 12.4 | < 0.001 | 3.9 | 0.005 | 0.8 | 0.538 | ||
Soil characteristics | N pool (g m−2) | 5.9 | 0.017 | 6.4 | < 0.001 | 0.8 | 0.571 | |
NH4 (g N gdw−1) | 0.4 | 0.562 | 1.2 | 0.324 | 2.0 | 0.105 | ||
NO3 (g N gdw−1) | 0.5 | 0.463 | 3.0 | 0.022 | 0.7 | 0.571 | ||
NH4 (g m−2) | 0.1 | 0.906 | 1.0 | 0.425 | 2.4 | 0.059 | ||
NO3 (g m−2) | 1.9 | 0.172 | 2.4 | 0.054 | 0.7 | 0.572 | ||
Nitrification (g N gdw−1 d−1) | 0.1 | 0.719 | 2.6 | 0.041 | 4.3 | 0.003 | ||
Mineralization (g N gdw−1 d−1) | 0.1 | 0.858 | 2.1 | 0.087 | 1.1 | 0.356 | ||
Nitrification (g N m−2 d−1) | 0.1 | 0.834 | 2.6 | 0.038 | 4.1 | 0.004 | ||
Mineralization (g N m−2 d−1) | 0.0 | 0.959 | 2.1 | 0.098 | 1.1 | 0.356 | ||
Initial C flux rate (µg C gdw−1 h−1) | 0.8 | 0.361 | 0.6 | 0.641 | 0.3 | 0.897 | ||
6-week C flux rate (µg C gdw−1 h−1) | 0.9 | 0.352 | 1.1 | 0.353 | 1.3 | 0.268 | ||
Plant functional groups | Graminoids (%) | 3.5 | 0.062 | 1.0 | 0.417 | 0.7 | 0.561 | |
Forbs (%) | 4.5 | 0.035 | 5.5 | < 0.001 | 0.7 | 0.571 | ||
Woody species (%) | 3.7 | 0.057 | 8.0 | < 0.001 | 2.4 | 0.054 | ||
Saw palmetto (%) | 4.7 | 0.003 | 5.5 | < 0.001 | 0.9 | 0.468 |
Relationships between soil properties and distance from the trunk of longleaf pine (
In the case of nitrification rates (mass and volume basis), the interaction between distance and treatment was significant, with a greater increase of the slope in the control plot (
Relationships between inorganic nitrogen and distance from the trunk of longleaf pine (
We observed a linear relationship between plant functional group and distance from the trunk in reference and restoration plots (
Relationships between understory vegetation covers (%) and distance from the trunk of longleaf pine (
In this study, we found evidence of spatial patterning associated with individual longleaf pine trees in the soils and vegetation of xeric pine sandhills, but this patterning was mostly limited to the restoration sites. Overall, total surface soil C, N, and CN ratio all decreased with distance from the tree, while soil bulk density increased. Graminoids, forbs, and saw palmetto also showed a distinctive spatial pattern, with covers increasing with distance from the tree. These effects were primarily driven by the reference and herbicide plots. In the reference and control plots, only woody understory cover showed significant spatial patterning, with more cover closer to the trees (
Mean soil characteristics also differed between the reference and restored sites. For instance, soil C and N was consistently lower in the reference plots. One factor that may contribute to the lack of spatial structure and lower soil C and N concentrations in the reference treatment may be more frequent burning. The reference treatment was subjected to nine burns since the initiation of the LPRP project in 1994 (1994–2009), plus three additional fires prior to this project (1971–1994). In contrast, only four burns have been recorded in the restoration treatments over this time period, all occurring after 1994. In the absence of fire (or longer fire interval), pine litter and woody debris accumulation, in addition to hardwood establishment, may have led to the development of spatial gradients through higher inputs of organic matter near trees. Reintroduction of fire at a frequency of once every 4 years was apparently not enough to return soil N levels to historic conditions (
Our results suggest that longleaf pine trees play a role in the spatial patterning of soil C and N concentrations, at least where long-term fire frequency is low. In the experimental plots, C and N concentrations were higher near the trunk where litter accumulation and forest floor depth are generally greater [
Surprisingly, we found no evidence of this spatial structure in the reference plots. We suspect that the higher number of fires (
Similarly, we found no clear evidence of spatial patterns of extractable inorganic N. The only exception was high nitrification rates in inter-canopy gaps, which only occurred in the control treatment that was burned only three times in 38 years (
In addition to affecting spatial patterns of soil nutrients, pine trees also had a small effect on the spatial patterning of understory vegetation. The effect varied but when the analysis was divided by functional groups, we detected an effect for graminoids and saw palmetto that was driven by the reference plots' trend towards increasing cover with distance from trees. For forbs, this same effect was also present but only in the herbicide treatment. These results may be attributed to better habitat conditions such as understory light availability following fuel and hardwood midstory reduction [
In contrast to the three other functional groups, the woody plants showed a different spatial structure, particularly for the reference and control plots. Surprisingly, woody cover was greater near the trees. Although, it remains unclear why repeated fires did not create a similar spatial structure for these plants.
Our study showed that longleaf pine trees did have an affect on the spatial patterning of soil and understory vegetation, but were most pronounced in the restoration sites. This result could be explained by frequent burning in the "reference state", and pre-existing differences between the reference and restorations sites. In addition, it is also possible that other longleaf pine stands with different disturbances histories or site characteristics (e.g., tree density, canopy cover) will express a different spatial structure of soil and understory vegetation.
The authors are thankful to Amanda Steen from the Joseph W. Jones Ecological Center and Brett Williams from Jackson Guard at EAFB for field assistance. We also thank Jenny Schafer, Jennie Demarco, Grace Crummer, and Julia Reiskind for laboratory assistance and Doria Gordon for valuable assistance. We are also grateful to four referees and Laura Schreeg for comments on earlier drafts of this manuscript. This research was supported by the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (Grant # 09 SI01-001).
The authors declare no conflict of interest.


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Bringing Up Baby Lori Foster
Gil Watson has always been the soul of responsibility� apart from that wild night that resulted in a daughter he didn�t know he had. Now that the little girl�s mother is gone, Gil wants to do the right thing, even if it means a marriage of convenience with the woman who�s been raising her. Anabel Truman is sarcastic, free-spirited, and totally wrong for him. But the sensations she rouses feel very, very right�
The Wilde One Janelle Denison
Untamable, sexy, and a complete rogue, Adrian Wilde has agreed to pose for Chayse Douglas�s charity beefcake calendar�if Chayse is willing to get those pictures at his cozy mountain cabin. It promises to be one provocative weekend�and as the nights turn steamy, Adrian finds that sweet, sensual Chayse is the only woman who can tame his wild heart�
Going After Adam Nancy Warren
Private investigator Gretchen Wiest has met her share of tough guys, but she�s never had one kidnap her�or leave her weak with attraction. Adam Stone is a whistle blower on the run from two hit men in Vegas. Now, Gretchen and Adam are posing as a couple on their way to the chapel. But in the city of sin, it�s hard to resist temptation�and even harder not to fall for their own masquerade�
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